'Loveless' is an encompassing indictment of Russian society
Feb 16, 2018
3 minutes
The most powerful moment in any movie I’ve seen this year occurs roughly 10 minutes into “Loveless,” an Oscar nominee for best foreign language film from the extraordinary Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev. A divorcing couple, Zhenya (Maryana Spivak) and Boris (Aleksey Rozin), are arguing bitterly in the apartment they share with their 12-year-old son Alyosha (Matvey Novikov). The fight is over custody, but with a catch: Neither parent wants to care for the boy. Zhenya is involved
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